Data sources

Every layer on the globe comes from a public source with a licence that permits redistribution. This page lists what feeds what. Data is fetched continuously from the originating services and processed on our own servers; images shown on the globe are derived works, marked as modified where the licence requires it.

Observations

Layer	Source	Licence
Cloud cover	EUMETSAT - Cloud Mask from the Meteosat SEVIRI instrument, 15-minute step	CC BY 4.0
Cloud top height	EUMETSAT - cloud top height derived product, 15-minute step	CC BY 4.0
Lightning	EUMETSAT - Accumulated Flash Area from the Meteosat Third Generation Lightning Imager, 5-minute step	CC BY 4.0
Precipitation	OPERA - the EUMETNET European weather radar composite, reprojected to the globe grid	open data
Fire danger	EFFIS, Copernicus Emergency Management Service - forest fire danger index, daily	CC BY 4.0

Forecasts

Layer	Source	Licence
Temperature (Europe)	DWD - ICON-EU model, 7 km grid, 3-hour step	open data (GeoNutzV)
Temperature (Czechia)	CHMI - ALADIN model, 1 km grid, hourly	open data
Local weather points	Computed from CHMI, DWD, NOAA and ECMWF model output	mixed open licences

Static layers

Layer	Source	Licence
Terrain	ETOPO 2022, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information	CC0 1.0
Country borders	Natural Earth	public domain

Pluvicast shares its data pipeline with oPočasí.cz, a Czech weather service by the same author.